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Earth (AKA “the World” or “the Globe”) is the third planet from the Sun and is the birthplace of humanity and the cradle of human civilization.

‘s Earth Day Doodle!

Earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old. The oldest known rocks are about 4 billion years old (rocks older than 3 billion years are rare) and the oldest fossils of living organisms are less than 3.9 billion years old. With a radius of 3,959 miles, Earth is the biggest of the known terrestrial planets, and the fifth largest in our solar system.

Planet Earth, Sol System, Milky Way Galaxy, Universe

71 Percent of the Earth’s surface is covered with water. Earth’s atmosphere is 77% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, with traces of argon, carbon dioxide and water (H20). Earth’s oceans have an average depth of about 2.5 miles and contains 97 percent of the planet’s water. Earth has a central (inner and outer) core, a rocky mantle and a solid crust.

The name “Earth” is at least 1,000 years old and it is the only planet whose name doesn’t come from from Greek or Roman mythology. The name is from Old English and Germanic origins and means “ground”.

Earth orbits the sun and completes one daily rotation every 23.9 hours. It takes 365.25 days to complete a one year trip around the sun. The Earth’s axis is tilted 23.4 degrees to the plane of the planet’s orbit around the sun and this causes the cycle of seasons.

Earth is the only known planet that has a single moon. The moon is (an average distance of) 238,855 miles away from Earth.

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A beautiful Waikoloa sunset on the Big Island of Hawaii

We Can Run
by John Barlow & Brent Mydland

We don’t own this place though we act as if we didIt belongs to the children of our children’s kidsThe actual owners haven’t even been born yet

But we never tend the garden and we rarely pay the rentMost of it is broken and the rest of it is bentPut it all on plastic and I wonder where we’ll be when the bills hit

We can run but we can’t hide from itOf all possible worlds we only got one, we gotta ride on itWhatever we’ve done we’ll never get far from what we leave behindBaby we can run, run, run but we can’t hide

Well I’m dumping my trash in your back yardMaking certain you don’t notice really isn’t so hardYou’re so busy with your guns and all of your excuses to use them

Well it’s oil for the rich and babies for the poorWe’ve got everyone believing that more is moreIf a reckoning comes maybe we’ll know what to do then

We can run but we can’t hide from itOf all possible worlds we only got one, we gotta ride on itWhatever we’ve done we’ll never get far from what we leave behindBaby we can run, run, run but we can’t hide

All these complications seem to leave no choiceI heard the tongues of billions speak with just one voiceSaying just leave all the rest to me, I need it worse than you, you seeThen I heard the sound of one child crying

Today I went out walking in the amber windThere’s a hole in the sky where the light pours inI remember the days when I wasn’t afraid of the sunshine

But now it beats down on the ashphalt landLike a hammering blow from God’s left handWhat little still growsCringes in the shade till the night-time

We can run but we can’t hide from itOf all possible worlds we only got one, we gotta ride on itWhatever we’ve done we’ll never get far from what we leave behindBaby we can run, run, run but we can’t hide (….no, we can’t hide.)

Waimoku Falls – Hana, Maui (copyright 2010 JoshWillTravel)

Can You Handle The Truth?

Wild Geese Over the San Fernando Valley

LOVE YOUR MOTHER EARTH!

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The food was okay, but not great. I was not impressed by the roast beef sandwich (might have been better with mustard) or the bread puddings, and what can you really say about a “to go” caesar salad? It was fine for what it was, but the food was overpriced and I hate the plastic packaging.

NOTE: The people in the box behind us were still having their picnic during the first act, and decided to pack their trash and turn their chairs around after the program began. **FINISH YOUR PICNIC BEFORE THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER BEGINS!!!!!**

It was a short program! The Bruch Concerto was beautiful and Beethoven’s 7th was very well done, but needed to build more before the finish, in my opinion. The concert was over and we were back to the car and on the freeway before 10:30pm.

It was a lovely evening with wonderful music on a beautiful, warm summer night. I had a nice picnic dinner and listened to first-rate musicians perform classical pieces in a fantastic environment. Happy Birthday to Me!

The Department of Recreation and Parks proudly dedicated a Universally Accessible Playground (UAP) at Anthony C. Beilenson Park on Monday, June 9, 2008. The new UAP is the 10th accessible playground run by the Department.The accessible playground at Beilenson Park has two separate play areas, one section for two to five-year-olds and two sections for five to twelve-year-olds. All of the areas have a “Maritime” theme and feature swings, ladders, a variety of balancing elements, climbers and slides.Special features to the 19,600-square-foot playground is an interactive drum play area and sensory wall. Other elements include spring toys, crawl tunnels, landscaping and drinking fountains. Enjoy the new 19,600-square-foot addition to a City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks facility in the San Fernando Valley – Lake Balboa.The $1.1 million addition can be used and enjoyed by all children, regardless of ability. Lake Balboa is located at Anthony C. Beilenson Park. the only staff on site are the lifeguards at Lake Balboa. Pets are allowed but must be leashed. Owners are responsible for removal of defecation. Dogs are not permitted to swim in the lake.

Any Pavillion reservations or questions will be taken by calling the Valley Regional Permit Office line at (818) 756-8187.

Rainbow Falls is located in Hilo, Hawaii. It is 80 feet tall and almost 100 feet in diameter. The falls are part of the Hawaii State Parks. Known in the Hawaiian language as Waiānuenue (literally “rainbow water”), the falls flows over a natural lava cave, the mythological home to Hina, an a Hawaiian goddess. At Rainbow Falls, the Wailuku River rushes into a large pool below. The gorge is blanketed by lush, dense tropical foliage and the turquoise colored pool is bordered by beautiful wild ginger. The falls are accessed at Wailuku River State Park on the Big Island of Hawaii.

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